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Special Events
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Special Events
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Bensen (HO Gauge). Photo: Ian Delgado |
The Trust's 10th Model Rail Exhibition will take place at Dereham Neatherd High School on Saturday 23rd February from 10am to 4pm. At least 16 layouts will be exhibited including St Georges Hill (O), The Wagon Works (O), Goldhanger (O), Nightlayer's Drove (OO), Pensbridge (OO), Hungate Bridge (OO), Llanbluei (OO), Wallingford (OO), Thomas Tank (OO), Barsham Junction (OO), Bensen (HO), Niedlingen (HOm), Binns Road (OO), Padmoor (OO) and Foss Landing (HOn3/HOn30). Trade support includes Pearman Books, Electronix Connections, M&B Models, The Train Shed, Terry Durrant, Plus Daughters, Layouts4U, Hobby World and Modellers' Mate.
Admission: Adults £3, children £1.50. The buffet at Dereham Station will be open for the sale of light refreshments. The cafeteria at the school will also have a wide range of hot meals, sandwiches, snacks, cakes, etc. Car parking and shuttle bus available at Dereham Station.
For further details, please call (01362) 690633 or (01362) 851723 or e-mail sales@mnr.org.uk.
Go on spoil her - treat her to a delicious cream tea as you amble through the Norfolk contryside aboard our Mothers' Day Specials. All mums will receive a Mothers' Day gift during the journey, and the whole experience will cost £10 for adults and £6 for children 5-15 (under 5s travel free). Trains depart Dereham at 2pm and Wymondham Abbey at 3pm. Dereham station is now open for bookings between 10am and 1pm on Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays. You can also book by telephoning (01362) 851723 or e-mail sales@mnr.org.uk. Spaces will be limited so book early to avoid disappointment.
Our annual Spring Diesel Gala will take place from Friday 14th March to Sunday 16th March 2008. Further details to be announced in due course. Locos in service will hopefully include 08 631, D8069, 31 438, 47 596 and several visiting locomotives from DRS, including a Class 37.
Join the 10:15 train from Dereham to Yaxham for a chance to explore the local footpaths. Please wear suitable footwear and bring a packed lunch and drink. Orange timetable.
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Photo: Graham Moates |
Join us for an opportunity to experience and relive the home front and wartime Norfolk at the Mid-Norfolk Railway's wartime weekend at County School Station. A display of military vehicles and memorabilia, with wartime music by "Timescape". Trade stalls and special fun for the kids. (Please note: trains do not yet run to County School.) 9am - 4pm. Entrance £1, children free.
we will be using our newly restored blue-grey Mk 2 carriages with an intensive timetable to bring back memories of British Railways in the 1970s. There will also be a limited number of demonstration freight trains.
Entries are invited from pre-1980 cars, commercial vehicles, buses and displays of memorabilia for a celebration of the Seventies (Sunday only). For further information, e-mail sales@mnr.org.uk.
As an extra treat as part of the 1970s weekend, we are staging our first Best of British Bike Show featuring the famous names in British motorbike history.
Visiting Class 14 locomotive D9521 will be in service this weekend. Further operating days are scheduled to be 14th / 15th June (as part of the Transport through the Decades: 1950s/60s event) and 5th / 6th July (as part of the "Western Region" Mixed Traction event).
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Photo: Rosemary Cooper |
Come and join our family of teddies aboard our Teddy Bear Special train service...a prize for every child bringing their own teddy. Competitions, a chance to win a Big Ted and your picnic all included in the ticket price of Adults £10 Children 5-15 £6--under 5's travel free (picnic charge just £2). Train departures from Dereham at 1pm and 3.15 pm and Wymondham Abbey 2pm. Booking essential --to book please call at Dereham station or telephone (01362) 851723
Join us for another of our regular jazz trains - this time, the Dixie Jazz Bandits will be entertaining passengers throughout the evening on board this special trip to Wymondham. The train departs Dereham at 7:00pm. Tickets priced £8 for adults and £4 for children may be purchased from Dereham Station or by telephone on (01362) 851723.
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Photo: Alan Cooper |
A treat for Father's Day with a wide and varied display of classic cars, motorbikes, tractors and other pre-1970 vehicles at Dereham and County School Stations along with the sounds of the era. For an entry form, please e-mail sales@mnr.org.uk or ring (01362) 851723.
Train services will operate between Dereham and Wymondham featuring visiting Class 14 locomotive D9521 and Class 20 D8069 with demonstration freight movements in the Dereham area.
In addition, we hope to have up to seven vintage buses operating services to County School Station acting as a rail replacement following the withdrawal of passenger train services north of Dereham in 1964! Departures will be approximately every 45 minutes.
The entry price is £3 for adults and £1 for children with public opening hours between 10am and 4pm. Entry to the event is refundable against purchase of MNR travel tickets. Orange timetable with additional demonstration freight trains. The locos will be in service as follows:
| Day | Time | Locomotive | |
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| Saturday | 10:15 | D9521 | |
| Saturday | D8069 | Demo freight | |
| Saturday | 13:00 | D9521 | |
| Saturday | D9521 | Demo freight | |
| Saturday | 15:15 | D8069 | |
| Sunday | 10:15 | D8069 | |
| Sunday | D9521 | Demo freight | |
| Sunday | 13:00 | D9521 | |
| Sunday | D8069 | Demo freight | |
| Sunday | 15:15 | D9521 | |
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Photo: Nick Pounder |
For one day only, we will be stopping at Hardingham station to enable passengers to travel to the village fete. Our train will be leaving Dereham at 1:00pm. A bus shuttle service will carry the party the short distance from Hardingham Station on to Hardingham Fete at the village green in the centre of Hardingham.
The fete is the classic rural English village fete in a setting of great charm among oaks, the cricket pitch and the attractive village hall. The fete features entertainment, games, stalls, refreshments, cakes, a licensed bar, a barbecue and a well-supported and attractive flower show in a marquee. Hardingham Fete is a great afternoon of family fun.
The bus will return passengers to Hardingham Station in order to connect with the last train. To be sure of your place to visit Hardingham, tickets may be purchased in advance from Dereham Station or by telephone on (01362) 851723. Tickets will cost £5 for adults and £3.50 for children.
Join us on board for a fish 'n' chip supper with a real ale bar. Meal is cod and chips, 2 sausages and chips, or vegetarian options, together with a pint of real ale, a glass of wine or a choice of soft drink, all served at your seat on departure from Dereham.
The steam-hauled train leaves Dereham at 18:30. Fares are £13 for adults and £8.75 for children, who get a smaller portion size. The fare includes the meal, one drink, and the return trip to Wymondham. Additional drinks can be purchased from the bar. Please book at least a day in advance by calling (01362) 851723. There is a space for a wheelchair, although early booking is recommended to secure this space.
9466, the popular Western Region Pannier Tank owned by Dennis Howells, returns for its third season on the Mid-Norfolk Railway. Services operate to the purple timetable on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays except on the weekend of the 5th and 6th July when a special timetable will operate (see below).
A mixed traction event with a flavour of the West Country. Western Region Pannier Tank No. 9466 (built 1952) will be operating a special timetable along with Class 14 diesel locomotive D9521 (built 1964). The event will feature demonstration freight workings using our newly-restored Great Western design "Toad" brake van (built 1949) as well as an afternoon cream tea special.
Cream teas will be available (in limited numbers) on the 15:15 service on Saturday and the 15:30 on Sunday for an additional £3.
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Lumière Rouge Ragtime Band Photo: Alan Cooper |
The acclaimed Lumière Rouge Ragtime Band will be entertaining passengers with their New Orleans style jazz throughout the evening on board this special trip to Wymondham.
The train departs Dereham 7:00pm. Tickets (priced £8.00 for adults and £4.00 for children) may be purchased from Dereham Station or by telephone on (01362) 851723.
In conjunction with the Association of Larger Scale Railway Modellers, everything from S to 5" gauge - with battery, electric and steam. Something for everyone, and with trade support. Full details of the exhibits are now available.
Following last year's sell-out, the Smokehouse Blues Band will be entertaining passengers with their marching band jazz throughout the evening on board this special trip to Wymondham.
The train departs Dereham 7:00pm. Tickets (priced £8.00 for adults and £4.00 for children) may be purchased from Dereham Station or by telephone on (01362) 851723.
An exhibition of archive photographs featuring the King's Lynn to Dereham line up to its closure on 7th September 1968. The photos, many previously unpublished, give a fascinating insight to life on the railways. 10am - 4pm daily. Free entry, refreshments available.
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Wendling station around the time of closure. |
This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the closure of the railway that connected King's Lynn directly with the county town of Norwich.
To commemorate this event the MNR is arranging for coaches to depart from both ends of this line on each of the days. The owners and operators of the stations along the route have kindly given permission for passengers to photograph the buildings.
The railway will be operating an intensive timetable, based as closely as possible on the 1960s between Dereham and Wymondham. There will also be demonstration freight trains.
To help refresh people's memories, or to show those who are too young to have seen the line in operation, there will be a Photo Display at Dereham Station from August 23rd to September 7th showing some pictures taken from personal collections.
If you would like to book a seat on one of the coaches please telephone (01362) 851723 or email sales@mnr.org.uk for a booking form. The tour costs £20 per person and includes a return coach and rail journey with a souvenir guide. Numbers are limited as only one coach will operate from each end on both days.
Full details will be announced when confirmed.
A spooky night out for Halloween aboard the Mid-Norfolk Railway! Join us for a special evening departure from Dereham Station. Details to follow.
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Photo: Graham Moates |
Our ever-popular Santa trains will run on 6th, 7th, 13th, 14th, 20th, 21st, 23rd and 24th December from both Dereham and Wymondham Abbey Stations. Pre-booking essential. Bookings open in August.
Make a New Year's resolution to travel on a Mince Pie Special from Dereham. Sherry plus mince pies will be served during the 22 mile round trip, with soft drinks and chocolate novelties for the children. Fares and times to be finalised.
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Dagnall (OO Gauge). Photo: John Page |
Entries are invited for our 11th Model Railway Exhibition. Layouts currently booked include: Dagnall (OO), Deltic Avenue (OO), Hobbs Lane (OO), Marsh Lane (OO), Cheyne Walk (P4), Ffodos Treacle Works, Rosebud Montana (N) and Småtorp (HO). The 2009 Exhibition will also see the return of a section exclusively featuring layouts in OO9 scale organised biennially in association with the Norfolk OO9 Society. The layouts Draig Goch, Corru, Southwold (1922), Avon Quay and Maull Valley will all be exhibited.
For further details, please call (01362) 690633 or (01362) 851723 or e-mail sales@mnr.org.uk.